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Webster 1913 Edition


Fumage

Fu′mage

,
Noun.
[OF.
fumage
,
fumaige
, fr. L.
fumus
smoke.]
Hearth money.
Fumage
, or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings.
Blackstone.

Definition 2024


fumage

fumage

English

Noun

fumage (uncountable)

  1. hearth tax
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French

Etymology

From fumer + -age

Pronunciation

Noun

fumage m (plural fumages)

  1. smoking (of food etc)